parish officers

pl. Churchwardens, overseers, and constables. ( Eng.) parish-priest, s. 1. A clergyman who holds a parish as a benefice. He may in England be either a rector or a vicar. The title is confined in this country and Ireland to the Roman Catholic priest of a parish. 2. A title often applied to any clergyman regarded in his pastoral character, rather than in that of a preacher.